Indominus is Top Dog No More II: Creation of Midgard
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Ch 6
Hanging up his phone Grimlock turned to a woman wearing the Zinogre x armor wielding the Sinister shade long sword with a questioning look and held up a hand then gestured toward the phone. "Now before you ask what this is, it is a device to communicate over long distances."
"Well that would explain why I heard your prowler forms voice, wait why am I hearing Stewart's voice?" the woman asked.
Just as Grimlock was about to answer one of his students piped up. "Grimlock who is this woman that seems to know you?"
"Dora and explorers, this is Neo my older half sister." Grimlock said pointing toward Neo who upon hearing her introduction, bowed in an exaggerated fashion.
"Pleased to make your acquaintance Green horns." Neo flamboyantly stated.
"Half sister?" Dora asked skeptically
"Yeah, we share a dad half the time." Neo said as she gave Grimlock a hug.
"You sure? I feel like you had him more than that." Grimlock said as he pushed her away
"The only reason you might feel like that would be because I'm older than you and female."
"I knew it, I claim sexual inequality!"
Placing her hands on her hips Neo huffed. "I'll have you know dad wanted me to be a guild worker and not be killed by a monster like mother!"
"Oh yeah you say that like that will make it all better."
"The only reason he gave me more attention was because he was trying to get me to not be a hunter."
Before Grimlock could retort one of his other charges got tired of the sibling squabble. "As much as I'm enjoying this argument I would like it if we could talk somewhere more safe."
"Believe me when I say that the safest place is with us." Grimlock said a little annoyed.
"As much as I agree with you Grimlock the monsters have been acting weird, we have been seeing more frenzied monsters, and on top of that we have Apex monsters so lets head to my village shall we." Neo said as she gestured in the direction of Kamura/Hakum village before whistling and a Palimute appeared out of the underbrush.
"Hey uh Grimlock?" Explorer number one said.
"Yes my absentminded friend?"
"That is not my name!"
"Might as well be, I mean your name is Dodo. And if I remember correctly, Dodo's weren't known for their ingenuity. What parent's in their right mind would name their child that?"
"I don't know what a Dodo is but that almost seemed like an insult." Neo said before turning to the man that hadn't been named. "What's your name so I know what to call you."
Lifting the top hat from his finely combed head he bowed like a gentleman "The names Chip, Chip Neil Bronson at your service madame."
"Where did you get such a well mannered student Grimlock?" Neo asked as she gestured at chip.
"He was one of the few that was fine with coming with me." Grimlock said in a downcast tone.
Replacing the hat to the top of his head Chip tried comforting Grimlock. "Well R might've, but decided against it."
"Why?"
"Because of your self destruction tendencies."
"Self destructive tendencies? I don't have any such thing." Grimlock said in consternation.
Neo started petting her palimute. "Maybe its your tendencies to blow up the bombs your way."
"I'll have you know that is a perfectly sane way of blowing up bombs."
"Is R her real name or what?"
"I honestly don't know why shes called that, other then her name is hard to say and they all start with R." Grimlock rubbed his chin.
Chip stepped over a root that Dodo later tripped over "I swear Dodo, you wouldn't last five seconds in a fine china shop. Oh and her name is Rovania Rotion Rushkavar," Chip reached down to give Dodo a hand.
"Ahhh no wonder y'all call her R all her names are somewhat annoying to say." Neo said before gesturing at the village "Behold the village of conflicting opinions!"
OOooOO
As the group walked through the village Dora noticed a man lying in a heap, "who is that? and Is he okay?"
Seeing where she was looking Neo sighed. "Oh, that? That is Bill. A collector of useless trophies." She then proceeded to step over him. "The chiefs are this way."
Suddenly getting up, Bill caused Neo to trip, who landed on her hands and sweep-ed his feet out from under him then grabbed his arms and legs and hog tied him.
"What in tar-nation do you think your doing lassy!"
"Showing you the consequences of trying to trip a trained warrior." Neo said as she dusted her hands off.
"All I did was try and get up."
"That movement was not one of just happening to get up and accidentally tripping someone, that was a deliberate movement."
"How dare you accuse me of something that I would never do."
"Unfortunately that excuse won't fly considering this isn't the first time you tried to do something and make it look like an accident."
Grimlock decided that this went on long enough. "Which direction did you say dad and the Hakum villages chief were?"
After untying Bill Neo pointed toward the top of a hill. "Up yonder, and probably discussing what to do about the conflict between the riders and hunters."
"By the way, what was fathers reaction to my disappearance?"
"He thought you dying was so unlikely that he laughed so hard that he cried."
"Uncle, is that you?" Everyone including Bill turned and looked at Dodo in bewilderment. "Huh!"
"I had an uncle that we used to visit called Bill." Then taking a closer look at Bill he continued. "And a lot of people did comment that he looked like the Liver King."
"What have you been smoking young man?" Bill said rubbing his wrist before reaching into his hunter pouch and pulling out a canteen of mead. "Cause I don't remember having a nephew like you."
Putting a hand on Dodo's shoulder Neo said. "Just give up kid, I guarantee he'll remember after he sobers up."
"Wait he's drunk?" Dora asked while she looked at Bill.
"Yeeeeep, like 90% of the time actually. That's why he fell down when putting up one of his trophies, and not the best looking monster either mind you." Neo said gesturing to Bills newest addition of the somnacanth trophy.
"What hole in the ground did that monster come from." Dodo looked at it with disgust.
"Think of it like how humans are, Not everyone is born beautiful like my angel Julia." Grimlock said looking off in the distant.
"Who's Julia?" Neo asked as they resumed their trek to the chiefs.
"Shes only the love of my life!" Grimlock said beaming with pride.
OOooOO
"I will never agree to live with savages!" Said a rider with brown spiky hair and a goatie.
"Savages, is that really the best insult you can come up with Dan?" a tall older man with the wolverine hairstyle sighed then gestured toward Dan. "Does he have to be here Omna?"
"Fugen, Dan is the protector of our youth, although at times he can be uncouth."
"Uncouth is an understatement, more like obnoxious."
"Obnoxious! Who do you think you are." Dan said brandishing his finger at Fugen.
Omna whacked Dan on the head with his staff. "What was that for chief?"
"Dan, a new wind is blowing, and everything is changing."
"I still have no idea what your saying." Dan said rubbing his head.
Omna facepalmed his forehead. "It is time for traditions of old to fade, and to reforge it like a broken blade."
"Grandpa why does that loud man have to be here?" A teenage girl with behemoth traits with a child on her back asked as she was playing with another teenager with canine traits both wearing the Kamura armor.
"In all honesty I don't think he needs to be here Silvia." Fugen said grabbing the child off her back to try and calm it down.
"Hey dad hows the strategy meeting going?" Neo asked as she came up the stairs with the group.
"Well, its going… Is that?" Fugen stared at Grimlock in disbelief
"Yep that would be my long lost brother." Neo said taking the baby from Fugen then turning toward the two teenagers. "Sora, Silvia thanks for looking after Strea for me."
"So… how was my funeral?" asked Grimlock
"Yeah, about that. You never got one." Neo said calming Strea down.
"What?! Why?!"
"As I said we didn't think you were dead and we never found evidence you were dead."
"I mean a funeral without a body, isn't really a funeral. Its more of a memorial than anything." Silvia said scratching the base of her left horn.
Pointing at Silvia Grimlock asked. "Why does she have horns, and pointy furry ears?"
"Did Oton never tell you how kinship stones worked?" Neo asked in confusion.
"Do you really think that that is normal conversation topic."
Getting annoyed at being ignored Dan shouted. "Oy, we were in the middle of something!"
Neo looked back at the chiefs and Dan. "Actually let's wait to explain that for when we go to my house."
"I'm afraid my briefs, might be to much to fill for the new chief." Omna said as he stroked his beard.
"I don't think the next chief will have any trouble filling your briefs." Neo said making the two teenagers chuckle. Before a confused look appeared on her face. "Why briefs I thought the saying involved shoes?" Neo asked though she was ignored.
"Wait, your retiring Chief Omna?" Dan said taken aback.
"You've never noticed with how he's been talking over our past few conversations about the rift between the riders and hunters?" Neo asked the lead rider with a flat look.
"So Omna, who is the next chief?" Fugen asked with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"I actually have a theory about who it is." Neo said playing with the baby.
"Wait who's gonna be the next chief?" Dan asked with a look of worry
"Well its certainly not going to be you, you dim-witted fool." Neo said throwing one of her hands at Dan in exasperation.
"Okami though he is young, the choice is not wrong." Omna said leaning forward on his staff.
"Does anyone mind filling me in on this subject?" Grimlock asked crossing his arms.
"Seeing as this little talk is over I can explain on the way to my house." Neo said before walking away "You know how hunters kills monsters."
"Correct." Grimlock said rubbing his chin.
"Riders only injure monsters just enough to drive them away."
"That seems kind of dumb, considering that just delays the inevitable and they cause trouble for other people in the meantime." Chip said as he twirled his cane.
"Thank goodness! A sane human that has brain cells." Neo said as she looked to the sky then continued. "Way better than those two vegans."
Upon hearing this Grimlock covered his mouth before saying. "You knew two blasphemes lower beings with less brain cells than an amoeba?!"
"They couldn't be that bad, could they?" Dodo asked as they continued walking.
"Actually they are that bad, my dear Dodo." Chip replied.
"Come to think of it what happened to those the vegans?" Grimlock asked.
"It twas was a beautiful morning, perfect for a morning hunt."
flashback begins
"Alright guys we are hunting a…" Neo didn't finish her sentence because she looked behind her and saw two of her trainees were equipment-less "Where is your equipment? At least Bill put on his stuff on even though he is well semi drunk." Neo continued as she gestured at the man holding a canteen to his mouth.
"We're here to commune with nature, why would we need equipment that is made from those poor animals." vegan 1 stated.
"Poor animals?"
"Yes those poor animals, or what you refer to as monsters. They don't deserve death, they have feelings to." Vegan 2 said.
Pulling out a piece of paralysis meat Neo's eyes started forming tears "I-I never thought how monsters might have feelings and not hunting them could help me build a harmonious relationship with them."
The two vegans said at the same time. "Oh, are you finally seeing the light?"
Hearing this Bill looked between his tankard and the three people before Neo tossed the meat down on the ground. "As if! The monster this piece of meat came from would kill you just as soon look at you!"
"But monsters are noble creatures, they don't deserve to die." The vegans protested.
Becoming very frustrated Neo walked off and was gone for a few minutes came back with the head of a Great Jaggi under her arm and the monster doing its darnedest to plow the forest floor before she stopped a few feet away from the Vegans. "See this? The only thing this beast can tell between you and that piece of meat. Is that you will run giving it the thrill of chasing you, and the pure enjoyment of your screams as it eats you alive!" After shouting Neo squeezed the Great Jaggi's neck hard enough the head popped off and spewed blood on herself and the two vegans causing vegan 2 to faint.
"Hey, you gonna eat that?" Bill asked Neo as he looked at the paralysis meat.
Hearing Bill say this, Neo adopted a dead stare and pointed at the meat. "You do realize that meat will leave you twitching like an idiot and vulnerable to attack."
"No lassie, I did not realize that. Well what do we do now?"
Grabbing the meat and Great Jaggi's head Neo put them into her pouch before hoisting the body on her shoulders. "Well, y'all got two choices stay here and die or you can come back and drinks are on me." Neo then proceeded to walk away with Bill following behind.
flashback ends
Bill sniffed "Those poor vegans."
"I know your drunk and all but now your being ridiculous." Neo replied as she backhanded Bill.
"Can we stop talking about these vegans and figure out what to do about the riders and hunter problem." Grimlock sighed then pointed to the guild hall. "Mind if we stop by the guild for a drink?"
"Sure I don't see why not." Neo said giving the sleeping child to Silvia. "Go put her in her crib for me please, and tell Mordin I'll be home soon."
"Okay." Silvia gently took Strea then she and Sora started to walk to their house.
After walking into the guild and sitting down a stewardess gave the group a mug of mead to each of them, then Neo asked. "So from an outsiders point of view what do y'all think would be a good solution to our problem?"
Dodo looked at his drink and said. "I can't drink."
"Are you allergic to alcohol or something?!" Grimlock exclaimed.
"Don't tell me alcoholism runs in the family." Neo said before she downed her mead.
"No, nothing like that. I'm just underage." Dodo said as he fiddled with his mug.
"I don't know what the drinking age is where your from but here you can drink the moment you become fourteen." Neo said signaling for another mug.
Dodo looked to Chip for support, Chip took a swig of his drink and said. "Oh I wouldn't worry about it Dodo, I was underage when I started drinking."
"Come on Dodo live a little." Grimlock said before shoving the mug to Dodo's mouth and dumping it down his throat.
Grimlock's fun was interrupted when someone landed on the table in front of them and the chef shouted. "Take it to the arena!"
As the two hunters trudged to the arena, an idea popped into Grimlock's head and he asked. "What monsters do y'all have in the arena right now Neo?"
Looking in the direction of the arena Neo started listing the monsters in it. "Well, we have a couple Great Jaggi's, an arzuros, a Zinogre, aannd an apex Rathalos. Why do you want to know?"
"I have an idea to end the rift between the two sides, and your part of my plan Chip." Grimlock said clapping his hand on Chips shoulder.
"Wait, why am I involved in this?" Chip asked as he looked at Grimlock.
"Cause I said so." Grimlock declared.